August, 2022 Presentation

Speaker: Dr. Albert Rubin

Date: Thursday, August 25, 2022

Topic:  One Water - Some perspectives on the future of water management

Presentation: Video

Summary: Dr. Albert Robert Rubin is an Emeritus Professor in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at North Carolina State University and is currently a Senior Environmental Consultant and principal with his firm, A. R. Rubin and Associates. From 1999 through 2005 he was a visiting scientist with the USEPA in Washington, D.C., where he assisted with development of the onsite and decentralized wastewater management program. For that effort, the USEPA awarded a Bronze Medal to Dr. Rubin and the decentralized project. From 2005 through 2009 he was employed as a senior technical consultant with a private firm and in 2009 he formed a consulting firm. In 2013 he was appointed to the Environmental Management Commission for the State of North Carolina.

He has assisted with development of guidelines and rules addressing wastewater reuse and biosolids management throughout the country and internationally, solid waste compost and a variety of biosolids management options. In 2012 he was instrumental in development of the NSF 350 Standard for non-potable water use and reuse. This standard promotes widespread application of reclaimed and non-potable water. This standard was recently adopted in the IgCC International Green Construction Code (2012). Building code enforcement officials in New York City have applied this standard to several reuse efforts developed by Natural Systems Utilities, Inc. in collaboration with Dr. Rubin. In 2013, Dr. Rubin was appointed to the NC EMC and the USEPA Infrastructure review committee on nutrient recovery from wastewater. He has been active in development of training and certification efforts for wastewater system operators utilizing the plant/soil system as the beneficial receiver for a variety of recovered resources. He remains active in teaching and research to address a variety of water, wastewater, stormwater, treatment residuals, and solid waste management efforts in North Carolina and Florida.